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TIN CAN. No. SQO QYI refitted Oct. 9, 1888.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS JOSEPH MARMION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIN CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,791, dated October 9, 1888.

Application filed January 5, 1888. Serial No. 259,885.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, FRANCIS J OSEPH MAR- MION, of the city, county, and State of New York, h'aveinvented new and useful Improvements in Tin Oans, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved tin can which is simple in construction and very strong, especially in its steeple-shaped top.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for forming one side and part of the top of the can.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 00 :v of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the double seam on top on the lines y y of Fig. 2.

The tin can A consists, principally,of abottom, B, and four sides, O, each of which is provided with a triangular flange, D,which forms one side of the steeplesnaped top E of the can A. The blank of each side O is represented in Fig. 1, and may be additionally provided on its lower end with a flange, F,which is turned inward at right angles and rests on the bottom B,which is also provided on all sides with the upwardly-turned flanges G, which fit on the lower ends of the sides 0 and are soldered to the same in the usual manner.

Each side 0 and its flange D along one side edgeis bentoutward upon itselfto form a hook, H, as is plainly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and

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along the other side edge of the side Cand its flange D is formed a right-angle flange, Lwhich is bent inwardly upon itself to form the hook J, which is hooked over the hook H of the next following side 0. The engaged hooks H and J are then pressed or hammered firmly together and additionally soldered, if deemed necessary, thus formingadoubleseam,K. The other ends of the flanges D are slightly cutout for the reception of the funnel or nozzle L, which is 301- dered to the top ends of the said flanges after the can is put together, as above described.

Now it will be seen that the finished can is made of but five principal parts, which are easily jointed together, forming a double seam not only on the sides of the can,but also on the joining edges of the flanges or sides of the steeple-shaped top, whereby the can becomes very strong, as the said double joints act as braces to all the sides and the top of the can.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A tin can comprising separate sides each provided with a triangular-shaped flange, all the flanges forming a steeple-shaped top, the sides and top flanges being united by double seams, substantially as shown and described.

2. A tin can made from blanks each having a triangular flange and all united by double seams, and a bottom, substantially as shown and described.

3. A tin can made from blanks each having a triangular flange and provided on one side edge with the hook H, and on the other side edge with the flange I and hook J, and abottom, substantially as described.

FRANCIS JOSEPH MARMION.

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THEo. G. HOSTER, EDGAR TATE. 

